The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-05
Bills Which Have Been Ap.
proved by the Governor
AND NOW BECOME A PART OF
THE LAW OF FLORIDA.
a Concise Review of the Work of SIXTY Days at TaIa
hassee Outside of the Senatorial Election.
SpeeinI % The Puldtlsd NeCs.

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the date of approval by the Governor:
May 12-To make all the money and
property of railroad companies in the
hands of their officers, employees or
agents, subject to punishment for judg-
ment; to allow the challenging of jurors
in Justices and county judges courts
in civil cases; prescribing the penalty
for injury to railroad tracks and for
placing distractions thereon to estab-
lish a new county from portions of Or
aDge and Brevard, to be named OceOla
May 13.-To prevent any president,
vice president, director superintendent
or other officer or agent of any railroad
or steamboat company in this State
from giving or knowingly causing to
be given transportation over any railroad
within this State between points within
this State to any delegate or member of
any political convention in this State at a
rate less than that charged to the general
public for such transportation; to require
railroads and other corporations. and
persons operating and running railroads
in this State, to fence said railroads, and
in case of failure to do SO to pay dam
ages for all live stock killed or injured
ON said roads by engines or cars; providing
for the division of Monroe County and
the formation of Lee County.
May 17.-For the relief of Meredith b.
Alternately and Robert Stapleton; to
supply the deficiency in the appropria-
tions for the years of 1885 and 1886; to
incorporate the ChipOla Hotel Company.
May 19.-To legalize the charters of
all incorporated cities and towns; requir-
ing ~ railroad companies in this State
to furnish first-class cars ON receiving
first-class fares for the separate and ex-
porate the Florida Sub-Tropical Exposi-
ton; to provide for the issuing and ser
vice of writs, processes and notices i'm
civil suits and proceeding at law i'm GER
tam cases; to amend Section of an
act granting aid for the construction of
Railroad; for the division of Manatee
County and creation of a new county
from a portion of the same.
May 27-To amend Section II of
an act to incorporate the Apalachicola
and Alabama Railway Comprny and to
grant certain lands to the same; making
appropriations to the East Florida Semi
nary: to grant to Gardner S. Hardee and
others certain oyster privileges on the
Banana an Indian Rivers; in relation to
issuing marriage licenses and the rec
ord thereof: to create and establish the
county of Lake from portions of Sumter
and Orange counties.
May 2S-To prevent unnecessary wit
nesses being summoned i'm criminal
cases; to change that part of the boun-
Diary line between the counties of Monroe
and Putnam which extends from the
OckIawaha River to Lake George: to
regulate the sale of seed cotton in this
State; To legalize the change of the
gauge of the track of the South
Florida Railway Company and for
other purposes; locating the boundary
lines between Iayfayette and Taylor
Counties; to prescribe rule of evidence
ON the trial of suits against railroad COM
panies for the injuring or killing live
stock by their engines, cars or trains in
this State prior to the approval of this
act
May 30-To incorporate the Etoniah
Canal and Drainage Company, and to
grant certain LANDS thereto; to author
ize the Savannah. Florida and Western
Railway Company to construct and OPP
crate railroad from Tallahassee, and
also railroad from Monticello to the
Georgia and Florida State line and for
other purposes; to amend and ex-
tend Chapter 34l of the laws
of Florida, being an act to in
corporate the Monticello and Georgia
Railroad Company; to amend an act
entitled an act to designate the terms of
the Circuit Court for the Fifth Judicial
Circuit of Florida, approved February
IL, 1885: to incorporate the Woodlawn
Cemetery Association of McClenny, Fla.
for the prevention of the pollution of the
waters of certain lakes or ponds in the
Counties of Putnam and Nolusia: to di-
vide the different counties of the State
into Commissioners districts: to repeal
all laws and parts of laws which impose
a tax upon commercial agents, usually
known as drummers.
May 3l-To provide for the reorgani-
ization of the city of Fernandina, to in
corporate the Key of the Gulf Railway
Company: to confer certain powers there
in expressed. and to grant land to the
same; to establish the municipality
of Jacksonville, provide for its
government and prescribe its jurisdic-
tion and powers; providing for the es-
tablishment of State Normal Schools
i'm this State: for the relief of F. NJ He'd
dick, ex-eollector of revenue of Herman
do County, Florida; to repeal and abol-
ish the present MUNICIPAL charter OF
government of the city of Fernandina
defining the liability of stockholders in
any corporation organized ON the gen
eral incorporation laws of the State; to
prevent AMI punish interference in the
steyedore business by persons not en-
gagged therein: to establish a Criminal
Court of Record in the county of Orange.
prescribe its jurisdiction and powers.
ETC.; relating to the duties of County
Commissioners and County Treasurers oi
the several counties in his State and fos
otner purposes: to repeal Section Of an
act to regulate the conviction fees OF
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